News from California.
San Francisco,, Jan. 09.
--2:40 P. M.--Arrived on the 8th, Dashing Wave, Boston; 6th, Flying Childers, New York.
Sailed 8th, ship Charles Foot, Hull, carrying 18,600 sacks of wheat, and ship Achilles, Melbourne.
The Legislature met at Sacramento on the 7th. On the 8th, Don Pablo de la Guenava, a native Californian of fine attainments was chosen President of the Senate and ex-Lieutenant Governor. He is a Douglas Democrat, and was elected without a caucus nomination, receiving material. Republican support, the entire Breckinridge vote, and but four votes from the Douglas Senators. This election indicates the disorganization in the Douglas party, and a disposition of allowing all parties to form advantageous coalitions with opponents. It will probably lead to combinations contrary to partisan usage on the Senatorial question. The Assembly has not yet organized. A desperate struggle over the election of a Speaker is progressing. John Conness, a Broderick-Douglas Democrat, is the leading candidate, having received the caucus nomination of that wing, but changed no Republican or Breckinridge support, and seems destined to defeat, although the contest is likely to continue several days.
Gen. Denver and J. N. McDougall are regarded as the leading candidates for the United States Senate. The impression among conservative men is that neither will be elected, as the nomination of either in the Douglas caucus would not ensure his election without considerable outside support.
The suits against Harrassethy, the former refiner at the San Francisco Mint, are set apart for trial on the 5th of February next.
The only Island news of importance is the loss at Jarvis Island, on the 10th of November, of the ship Silver Star, and the sale of the wreck for $300.
